I'd go with the F1's, the Pirelli's are softer so technically better in the dry, but the F1's are the best compromise between grip & wear and certainly cheaper as well, should be able to get 225/40/18's for around £110 a corner if you shop around. Top tip, use Black Circles to get a "fitted" quote then find out who they would use locally to fit them and then call the local place direct and save another 10-15%.

I've got both pirelli's (VR6) and goodyears (S3). Goodyears do have the edge in the wet/wear but the pirelli's are comfortably better in every other area.

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Do you think so? I hated the relli's ono my A3. They where ok in the dry but awful in the wet. The F1's appear to have stiffer side walls, well I'm assuming they do, as the turn in is a lot cripser on the F1's, the handling's nice and progressive.

Actually I have had them fitted to just about all my cars in one guise or a nother for years FWD, RWD, AWD. I do find them quite sensitive to tyre pressures thugh and always seem to run them higher than the standard factory pressures.

J.

Married and blonde yes, but still a guy with a poor taste in usernames!

I've got the Eagle F1 GSD3's on my Ibiza FR, and they are by far the best tyre I've had, so certainly get the thumbs up from me! I'll be fitting them to the A3 as soon as I munch through the standard-fit rubber (whatever that turns out to be). The F1's seem to grip really well in all conditions, and in the wet I've never felt tyres that grippy before.

Another fan of F1's here.
The only thing I can fault them on is traction (accelerating) grip in the wet.
They do spin more readily than the Continentals I had before.
Braking grip,lateral grip and handling (wet or dry) is fantastic though.
I was £107 per tyre (18's).

"F1s generally get the best reviews wherever you look, but like the P-Zeros they are pricey."
Don't know where you're buying your tyres but I found F1's are surprisingly cheap £107 fitted for 225/40/18's. Doubt you'll get anything radically cheaper than that for that size. On the TDi they were £65 fitted for 205/50/16's. But you do have to shop around i.e. never go to any of the high street franchises.

Which tyres would be the quietest? I have the factory fittes Conties at the moment, but it won't be long before they need to be replaced. I find the roadnoise is too loud and wonder if different tyres would make a significant difference.

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